Possible Nominations for 2017: Sites 43
- Primeval Beech Forests [extension] (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain)
- Ruin of M'banza Kongo (Angola)
- Parque Nacional Los Alerces (PNLA) (Argentina)
- Cal Orck'o: Footprints of Time (Bolivia)
- Funeral and Memorial Sites of the First World War (Western Front) (Belgium)
- Paraty - Culture and Biodiversity (Brazil)
- Sambor Prei Kuk (Cambodia)
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site (China)
- Qinghai Hoh Xil (China)
- Dirre Sheikh Hussein (Ethiopia)
- Holqa Sof Umar (Ethiopia)
- Taptapuatea - Opoa Valley (France)
- Metz Royal and Imperial Power, Confrontations and Stylistic Urban Identity (France)
- Caves with the oldest Ice Age art (Germany)
- Mole National Park (Ghana)
- Zagorochoria: North Pindos National Park (Greece)
- Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai (India)
- Evolution of Temple Architecture Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal [Extension] (India)
- The Old Town of Jakarta (Indonesia)
- Cultural Landscape of Alamout (Iran)
- The Sacred Complex of Babylon (Iraq)
- The Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries (Italy, Croatia, Montenegro)
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters (Japan)
- Umm el-Jimal (Jordan)
- Abraj Al-Kuwait (Kuwait)
- Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives (Maldives)
- Bagan Archaeological Area and Monuments (Myanmar)
- Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape (Moldova)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire [extension] (Netherlands)
- Mafra Palace, Convent and Royal Hunting Grounds (Portugal)
- Seoul City Wall (Republic of Korea)
- The Ensemble of Former City Building of Sviyazhsk (Russia)
- Al-Ahsa Oasis Cultural Heritage Landscape (Saudi Arabia)
- Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat (Thailand)
- The Ancient Capitals of the Kingdom of Tonga (Tonga)
- Ile de Djerba (Tunisia)
- Archaeological Site of Gobeklitepe (Turkey)
- Bathyz Grassland Ecosystem (Turkmenistan)
- Heart of Sharjah (UAE)
- Khor Dubai (UAE)
- England's Lake District (United Kingdom)
- Works of the Engineer Eladio Dieste (Uruguay)
- The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape (Vietnam)
Asia - 16
Europe - 12
Arab States - 7
Latin America - 4
Africa - 4
"The National Heritage Board has in fact decided that this will be the only Italian nomination for 2016"
- (Not sure if this applies for the Primeval Beech Forest Extension?)I am sure this 2017 List will be narrowed down a bit and tweaked over time, but as it stands now, all of these sites are candidates that might very well make the deadline for the 2017 WHC. I removed
Jibla and its Surroundings (Yemen), in light of the recent unrest there, it seems highly unlikely a nomination will be submitted for 2017. Even though the
Archaeological Site of Aphrodisias (Turkey) was submitted for 2016 as incomplete, there just doesn't seem to be any evidence of this archeological site taking priority over Gobeklitepe. Unless I am mistaken neither are cultural landscapes, therefore only 1 is eligible for 2017, no? On a side note Japan's nominations,
Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun is certainly a front runner, but it will not be 100% confirmed until July as the sole candidate for 2017.